Apr 19, 2018 / Fractures
#SRHaccess Facebook LIVE Recap: Playground Safety
On this week’s Facebook live, Director of the Fracture Clinic Gerad Montgomery, M.S.N., F.N.P.-C. joined us to discuss playground safety. Below is a recap of the conversation.
Watch the live segment.
Common Playground Related Injuries:
Watch the live segment.
Common Playground Related Injuries:
- Cuts, bruises, broken bones and brain/head injuries
- Children ages five to nine commonly have fractures caused by a fall from monkey bars or climbing walls.
- Toddler fractures, also known as spiral fractures, commonly occurs when a child goes down the slide with a parent and his/her leg gets caught.
- Most common injury caused from playing on the monkey bars is a fall on an outstretched hand – child falls and tries to catch themselves.
- Forearm, wrist, elbow fractures can occur
- Head injuries are possible when the child hangs by their feet from the monkey bars.
- On average, our specialists see seven to 10 new fractures caused from a playground related injury each day.
- Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- 7:30 – 9:30 a.m., walk-in hours for children who do not have a confirmed fracture. If a parent is concerned about a potential fracture, come to the clinic during these hours.
- If seen in an ER/urgent center or another clinic and have a confirmed fracture, please bring any imaging from that visit.
- Imaging is available at the Fracture Clinic.
- More imaging options
- More space to manage the increased volume of fracture cases currently being seen.
- Adult supervision is most important.
- Clothing for the playground:
- Avoid loose clothing, clothing with draw strings and hoodies
- Good shoes while playing
- Pay attention to the surface of the playground – a soft landing is best (rubber, sand, etc.)
- Playground equipment is built for children of certain age groups. Depending on your child’s age, be aware of the height of the equipment he/she is playing on.
- Educate your child about playground etiquette:
- One at a time
- No pushing or shoving
- Avoid equipment where a lot of children are playing on at one time.
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